What to do about opossums - Rabies
People often mistake the open-mouth hissing and drooling behavior of opossums as a sign of rabies. However, this is just a bluffing behavior that opossums use as a defense mechanism.

In fact, rabies is extremely rare in opossums.
While any mammal can have rabies, it is unlikely to have it for possums, as they have a strong immune system and have a much lower body temperature than that of other mammals.
This makes them confront rabies.

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